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permanent

[pur-muh-nuhnt] / ˈpɜr mə nənt /


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Both will assume their positions July 1 and BP said a recruitment process is under way to appoint a permanent head of the downstream business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Roscosmos has used both temporary and permanent sealants as part of its leak mitigation efforts.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

A genuine efficiency breakthrough, or a pause in data-center capital spending, would reprice both sides of this market fast: relief for the consumer-facing companies, and a reckoning for suppliers valued for permanent scarcity.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The Dodgers have done the opposite, putting up a permanent marker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

I thought there would be more time for us to decide whether or not our awkward silence was a permanent state of affairs, to figure out how to move forward since we can’t move back.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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